Prefabricated canopy for toll collection booths



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April 2s, 1953 Filed March 24, 1950 HEI B. COOPER April 28, 1953 PREFABRICATED CANOPY FOR TOLL COLLECTION BOOTHS 3 Sheeizs--SheeI 2 Filed March 24, 1950 f @dif wrm..

INVENTOR; BENJAMIN COOPER April 28, 1953 B. COOPER 2,636,456

PREF'ABRICATED CANOPY FOR TOLL COLLECTION BOOTHS Filed March 24, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIG. 7

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INVENTOR. BENJAMIN COOPER BY Patented Apr. 28, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PREFABRICATED CANOPY FOR TOLL COLLECTION BOOTHS This invention relates to prefabricated canopy structures and is particularly directed to a prefabricated canopy for use in connection with highway toll collecti-on booths.

It is usual in highway toll collection stations to provide a canopy over the toll collection booth structure both for the purpose of keeping snow and rain away from the area around the booth and for housing traic signals at a location above the highway where they can readily be seen by oncoming motorists.

The advantages of constructing such a unit at the factory, where materials, machines,v tools, etc. are available in ecient organization are manifest.

It is one object of this invention to provide a prefabricated canopy of the character describedv that is simple and functional and at the same time strong enough to withstand the possibility of rough handling during transportation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a prefabricated canopy of the character described wherein main structural elements serve additionally as housing for overhead lighting fixtures..

It is another object of this invention to provide a prefabricated canopy of the character described wherein main structural elements serve as conduits for wiring and piping from the maintenance building and from booth' booth installation.

Other objects of this invention will in part be' fied in the construction hereinbelow described y and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown one of the various embodiments of this invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing a canopy embodying the invention interconnecting three toll booths in a multi-lane toll collection installation, i

Fig. 2 is a plan View of shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the canopy installation shown in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken online 6-6 of Fig. 5,

to booth in a multi-i possible illustrative the canopy installation.

Fig. 7 illustrates a modication of the canopy adapting it for use with more than three ltoll booths, and

Fig. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, IIl represents a prefabricated canopy structure in accordance with this'invention showing a threebooth toll collection installation. Toll booths B are preferably of the type described and claimed in my co-pending patent application for Prefabricated Tcll Collection Booths, Serial Number` 175,132, led July 2l, 1950. Fixed to the ends of the'tcll booths are the usual fare indication signal lights C, employed to indicate to a customer or an observer that a given toll transactionfare has been registered. There is also-shown the usual. treadles, T fc'r counting the passage of vehicles through the toll collection lanes, and a maintenance building M which may house toll record ing equipment'and heat and light supply facilities for the collection booths.

The prefabricated canopy contemplated by this invention comprises a plurality of hollow lateral girder members AI I, two for each toll'booth and one at each end'of the canopy, made of sheet metal and approximately square in cross-section and having longitudinal openings I2 in the underside for' the installation of fluorescent lighting xtures,` as is hereinbelow described (Figs.

2 and 4) Each'end of said lateral girder members has welded therein at the top and bottom thereof, end plates I`3. Interccnnecting the endsv of said lateral girder members are hollow transverse girder members I4, approximately rectan- 1. gular in cross-section and having longitudinal;

sideopenings l5 (Figs. 5 and 6). VSaid transverse girder members are'fixed relative to said lateral girder members as by' bolts 'I6 through end plates i3; The outer ends of 'said girder members are sealed by metal plates I1 welded thereat (Fig. 3).

For the purpose of draining condensation moisture, or water that may leak under the canopy roofing, hereinbelow described, there are sheet metal gutter members I8, I9 and 20 disposed on top of said lateral girder members and extendingnearly to the respective Aends thereof. lSaid gutter members have similar L J-shapedtroughs 2| disposed along the sides 'of their respective lateral girder members. Gutter member I8 isv further shaped vroof drainage* trough 2`2`for'placement Within the outer side wall of maintenance buildin g M, against which its`assoc'iated1ateral girder member is xed.l (lutter member 20 has, 'at the outer end of the canopy, an upwardly extending L-shaped portion 23 (Fig. 4.).

There is a corrugated sheet metal roof R between the front and back transverse girder menibers M and bolted atop the lateral girder lnem- 5 bers il as by stud bolts 24 welded to said roof (Fig. 5) LIlgle gooi `glriprises Helongated sections of corrugail eet metal 25 fo'rmecljfbl iwi/iter; tight interl'cking`jun tion at the sides, as at y253' (Fig. 5); and formed for an overlapping iuncf tion between sections at the ends, as at 2l (Fig. 4). Said junctions are preferflibly.S caullfzedtc insure their being completely watertight,

Transverse girder members I4 are capped w th close fitting trim pieces 2B formed at thinner sides of said girder members chaste the adjacent corrugated roof section as 'at y29. The outer end of the canopy is provided' with* al trim piece 3G, close fitting to the outer sides of Lf'shapedf portion'. 23of giutter...member 2B ,and extending 'doy'vnfsomewhatV over the. outer -sideof outer lateral girder member l I.

*Iii installation; Y -the.- canopy is.. preferably slightly downwardly inclined; from fron-tto .b acli.' and frorntlie o'uterend" toltheinner. end against the building-NL. 'so that `any1.wat-erin the gutters wili'drairisfiaiine be i:A sident me ,canopyand so'A thatwaterron the orrugated roof will drain of'gfutter trough 22...'. .v.

installations' where-.the canopy isrusedin damnation with more" than threaten booths .it desirable that waterisiallowed tciirlreiiriA on. ali-intermediate loations along :theA .roofini-:Qv ratherthan at the end f...the.canopy. preferably accomplishedobydnclnins. the gated roof sections. .25 l.doumwardly. to valternate bcoths' and anchoring thedownwardendsthere; of separately and-apart to `the uppenside .Qi-fthe lateralgirder members ..11 .so Athat. .water tira-lli@` under' ti'ieorrgatfilroor .as -one side. orsaii girler member, the i. lother ,.side. .bei ng. ,seali =.df to prevent 'flott-.ot water.' and,into...a igutterf:.con nectedwiththe water. disposal..syst em. Fig. i?, afparti'al vieW- si'milar. lto. .that showmin Flare. illustrates this modification.-. Dolvrlllaldly cli'iled corrugated -sheet .metalroolt .secQIlS ?'f and 25E? are separated andanchoredasyby stud bolt k113d r'to l-laterl'al" .eirder member l lletiueen said roof sections and. saiddateral. gilden .mem-f bei" autterlmemb enA having sida trough 12 l andflli'i'.y Trough' dii'communicates with 21.41.1249."

pipe -45 at t'lieupper4 'end of.. tolllbpothpolum member si. said drain ,pipebeinspnsaled with? in saidcoliimii .member and cormected at 1... lower end to the. waterldisposalisystm Pirel; e'rably, the month ofi drainoioe.. Il?. ip ,troughs is furnis-.lied with. al siraineriu .td-.prerent-deb1lfe from clogging. tiiaafaina'gesystem... Water .eolie down 'inclined roof. sections v2.5m. into. trough Q, and Vthence through drainpipe 45 intoI the water disposalsystem. --.Water is .preventedsfrom flowing wunder' rooiasection 25h by mood. b lo lrsl 5.8, fornied to fiti'n .thel;operungs. under saiclrposection and sealedswatertight therein by layers o'f'rnasticcement.49i(Fig. -.8)i.. q For illuminating theme11, coll. @19.11 'bocina under. .thecanomethere 1S nrc .dell la said reflector body and aelass cover 35i"(l-lifzii),l4

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`^ naiesto support 2.` In combination, amlur'alityof fspa'cedvere The canopy assembly is installed over the toll booth as by bolts 36 clamping the lateral girder members il to the upright structural column members 31 of the toll booths (Fig. 4). Openings 38 are provided at these junctions to allow for communication of service pipes, wires and cables between the interiors of the canopy grder members lil and hl and the toll booth columnmernberst. fllhe usual stop and go traic signal lights S are mounted in the outer side of girder memascvlshown in Fig. 3. It is to be noted that v dal lights" can be easily interconnected to e pment in the maintenance building and the individual-toll booths by wiring carried within Ithe .irriteriol; Y.of l the transverse and lateral girder 'membersH of the canopy.

.Openings i2 in lateral girder members Il between the ends thereof and the uorescent lighting. xtures are closed by access` plates 39 ixed thereagainstasby self-tapping screws Sil (Fig.

5) The openingsinj in .the transverse girder members I4 between .the ends of said lateraliment .hereindescri-bedis illustrated by a canopy for an .installation including three toll vbooths, this canopy; construction. is equally adaptable for use with any other number of toll booths. Inv a, multib.ooth. canopy, -here the transverse lengthis so great that .it and; ship. the canopy ansingle prefabricated unit, it is preferably broken into smaller secand.. reass embled.,upon installation by bolting theseeirdels @Dembele It will thusv be. seen that there is provided a canopy structure in which the several objects of this, inventionl arlemachieved and which is well adaptedto meet the conditions of practical application..

...Asyarious possible. embodiments might be made of the above. Jirlyention, and as various changes might be made of the embodimentfset fllrtl'l,V itis. to beunderstood that all matters herein. set forth r shoy vnin the accompanying drawings are .tdbelinterpreted as illustrative and not in. a..lirniting..sense.

.Having thus described my/ intention 1 claim;

asnew and desireto ,securabygLetters.Eatentz ll; .A canopy f oreaatoll .collection boothcom. prising a pair of hollow of inverted, Urshaped crossnsectioa adapted vrto befixed.aeainstoppositesides of the 099th alle.

near the top thereotanar .of holloiir transverse srdermemhers y.of .Q rshaped. Cross-Section xd against...corresponding endsoi said lateral sirder members en d-.extsllsirlsahove seid lelll @ifdefmembers and between said transverse girder.

members, seilltransverse slrdermembere heling the open sides thereof communicating with the enflsof said-.lateral siffler-fiamme; said lateral glider members being open, thebottom and having Y niivardlyfY .extending yint 'rally formed lif"ht'ng fr xtu s thereon.

iii'alig'iied' booths; each pienses vai opposite Sid-BS mindere-ce1. channels hll'ow 'grder's of inverted "IJ-shaped 'cross-section attached to opposite sides ofY each booth;

is diflcult to construct.

sverse gir-ders members Ill lateral ginder. members.

said girders and booths being formed with registering openings to establish vcommunication between each channel of each booth and the girder adj aoent thereto, a pair of transverse hollow girders of G-shaped cross-section attached to corresponding ends of the hollow lateral girders for said booth-s and having the open sides thereof communicating with the ends of said lateral girder members and disposed between said transverse girder members, said lateral girder members being formed with spaced inwardly extending iianges to support lighting fixtures therein for casting light downwardly through the bottom open sides of said lateral girders.

3. In combination, a plurality of spaced vertical aligned booths, each provided at opposite sides with Vertical channels, a pair of lateral hollow girders of inverted U -shaped cross-section attached to opposite sides of each booth, said girders and booths being formed with registering openings to establish communication between each channel of each booth and the girder adjacent thereto, a pair of transverse v hollow girders of (5i-shaped cross-section attached to corresponding ends of the hollow lateral girders for said booths and having openings communicating with the ends of said lateral girder members and disposed between said transverse girder members, said lateral girder members being open at the bottom to receive lighting fixtures therein for casting light downwardly through the bottom open ends of said lateral girders, lateral gutters at opposite sides of each lateral girder member and adjacent its upper end and means for securing said gutters to the upper side of said lateral girder members to support said gutters in said adjacent relation.

4. A canopy for a toll collection booth, comprising a pair of hollow lateral girder members of inverted U-shaped cross-section adapted to be ixed against opposite sides of the booth and near the top thereof, a pair of hollow transverse girder members of C-shaped cross-section xed against corresponding ends ofsaid lateral girder members andv extending above Vsaid'lateral girder members, gutter troughs fixed along the upper sides of said lateral girder members, a corrugated metal roof disposed on top of said lateral girder members and between said transverse girder members, said canopy being xed to said booth lightly inclined with reference to a horizontal plane, so that water will drain from said gutter members at one end of said canopy, said hollow lateral girder members comprising a top downwardly extending sides and inwardly extending ilanges from the outer end of said sides, and said flanges adapted to have fluorescent lighting iixtures mounted within said lateral girder members and fixed against the inner sides of their respective flanges.

5. A canopy for a plurality of toll collection booths comprising a plurality of pairs of hollow lateral girder members of inverted U-shaped cross-section, each pair ixed, one each, against opposite sides of one each of said booths and near the top thereof, a pair of hollow transverse girder members of C-shaped cross-section fixed against corresponding ends oi' said lateral girder members and extending beyond the ends of said outermost and innermost lateral girder members of `said pairs of lateral members, an outer hollow lateral girder member of inverted U-shaped cross-section mounted between the corresponding outermost ends of said transverse girder members, an inner hollow lateral girder member oi' inverted U-shaped cross-section mounted between the correspondingl innermost ends lofsaid' transverse girder members, gutter troughs-fixed'along the upper sides of said lateral girder members, and a corrugated metal roof disposed on top of said 1at eral girder members and between said transverse girder members. 'vg

6. A canopy for a plurality of'toll collection booths comprising a plurality of pairs of hollow lateral girder members of inverted U-shaped cross-section, each pair fixed', one each, against opposite sides of one each of said booths and near the top thereof, a pair of hollow transverse girder members of C-shaped cross-section xed against corresponding ends of saidxlateral girder members and extending beyond the ends of said outermost and innermost lateral girder members of said pairs of lateral'members an outer hollow lateral girder member of inverted U-shaped crossf section mounted between lthe corresponding outermost ends of said transversel girder members, an inner hollow lateral girder memberof inverted U-shaped cross-section mounted between the cor' responding innermost ends of said vtransverse girder members, gutter troughs iixed along the uppersides of said lateral girder members, and a corrugated metal roof disposed on top of vsaid lateral girder members and between said transverse girder members, said canopy being fixed atop said booths slightly inclined with reference to a horizontalplane, so that water will drain olif said gutter members to one end of said canopy. Iv

'7. A canopy for av plurality of toll collection booths comprisinga plurality' of` pairs of hollow' lateral girder members of inverted U-shaped cross-section, each pair xed, one each, against opposite sides of one each of said booths and near the top thereof, a'p-air of hollow transverse girder members of C-shaped cross-section xedagainst corresponding ends ofsaid lateral girder mem'- bers and extending beyond the ends of said outermost and innermost lateral girdermember of said pairs of, lateral members, an outer. hollow lateral girder member o1 inverted U-shaped* cross-section mounted between the corresponding outermost ends of said transverse girder members, an inner hollow lateral girder member of inverted U-shaped cross-section mounted between the corresponding innermost ends of said transverse girder members, gutter troughs fixed along the upper sides of said lateral girder members, a corrugated metal roof disposed on top of said lateral girder members and between said transverse girder members, said hollow lateral girder members comprising a top downwardly extending sides and inwardly extending anges from the outer end of said sides, said flanges adapted to support a. plurality of uorescent lighting fixtures within said lateral girder members on the inner sides of their respective iianges, said hollow transverse girder members comprising a top, a side and a bottom, a downwardly extending ange from the outer edge of said top, an upwardly extending flange from the outer edge of said bottom, said last girder members having an opening between the outer edges of said downwardly and upwardly extending flanges, and access plates removably mounted against said iianges to cover said openings.

8. A canopy for a plurality of toll collection booths comprising a plurality of pairs of parallel hollow lateral girder members of inverted U- shaped cross-section alternately disposed on differing planes, each pair xed, one each, against opposite sides of one each of said booths and near the top thereof, a pair of hollow transverse girder members of C-shaped cross-section xed 'st iat' ai gimermembers :fr aniooterziioiioiv' lateralgifrdme ve' edlsha'edorossseotiori mounted 'be'tvieeii' the' ,corresponding 4eznbers whereby water er@ te s -dowe Said roof Sections will 130W mibtheeeuiterj.members' Or-,1" Seid' 'lemmi' girder mesbeisftowhiohfsaid sections are downwam-ly insured:

,91 A- ,Canopy for af plurality. of tollcollection booths .Comprising-a plurality Aof pairs .of raralleA hollow laterali siffler 4members ofl invertedushaped oros,si-seetion;y each pai-r iixed, one each,- against oppositesdesfof-one ea-oh of said booths and-near the top therleo, av of hollow trai-1s' verse girderymembersof C-*shaped cross-section xed againstgcorresponding ends of said lateral girder members andiextending beyondY the-ends of saidoutermostgan-:l innermost A lateral girder members di, said'y pairs dilateraigmembers, an outer hollow' lateral gtrder member of inverted U- shaped Acrossseei5i-oir mounted between the correspondingoutermost' or said transverse eiirder members; .arr inner hoilow lateral` girder nfrerrrber 'of inverted :hl-'shaped cross-section mounted `be'tween the corresponding innermost ndsofsaid. transverse girder members, gutter members -Xeld along the upper sides of said lateral girder membersiand'laeorrugated metal roof disposed dn-,topof said lateral girder mem-7 bers and'betwe'en said transverse girderfmembers,

members to the arl'jaeent saidJQof comprising sections slightly downwardly noliilejd froiirl tiiel higherplanel off alterna-tei. pairs" ofsaid plurality of I pairs of flollowjlaterafl? girder members to' tlie lower' plane or intermediaftje adjacent 'lateral'girder members; whereby` water. gravitationally draining down` said` roof? sections ,will fiow into tli'egutter' members' on* the loWermostlateralgirder' members; to Wliioii-` said sectionsare downwardly inclined', and concealed ,-m'e'a'ns at' each' booth to drain* `said lastl mentionedeutter members.

In combination, a' pair of parallel' laterali rollo'wigirder" members',i a pairo'f'parallel' trans;- verse gird'ermembers inte'roon'ri'ectin'g` tli'e end'sj of the lateral gir-der members, arid'havingopeninlgs' communicating with saidlateral girder members; lightineixtures .insaid lateral girder members, and`means in said lateral gir'cier'members to support said'riixtures therein, whereby' the Wi'ringior said fixtures may` pass thru they hollow lat'era'l and-transverse grder members Lil". Incombinaton, .a pair ofparallel lateral' hollow Vgirder. members, a pair' of parallel trans versegirder members interconnecting the ends of the lateral Igirder members, and extending above said lateral girder members, vand having openings ooiiimunieating with .said'lateral gi'rder members, deck-ingl supported .onsaid lateral. girder members and. between the upwardly extending, portions-ofthe transverse girdei: members, lighting` fixtures in said. lateral' girder. members, .and means in said lateralA gi-rder members to suplUGrtsaid iixtu-res therein, whereby the Wiring. for said. fixtures maiz pass thruy the hollow later-.al and transverse girder members,

BIilNJAlVlIlSI COOPER.

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